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Maddening that many Democrats STILL seem to experience "dangerous authoritarians elevated to extremely powerful roles, like presidential frontrunner or Speaker of the House" as some kind of political opportunity than, you know, the actual ascendance of authoritarians into extremely powerful roles
October 16, 2023 at 5:19 PM
Maddening that many Democrats STILL seem to experience "dangerous authoritarians elevated to extremely powerful roles, like presidential frontrunner or Speaker of the House" as some kind of political opportunity than, you know, the actual ascendance of authoritarians into extremely powerful roles
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It is possible to think that the Israeli apartheid must end now, and that the bombing of Gaza is a war crime, and also think that Hamas indiscriminately murdering civilians is a war crime. It's not even a paradox or a logic puzzle, it's a basic consistent moral position.
October 9, 2023 at 9:01 PM
It is possible to think that the Israeli apartheid must end now, and that the bombing of Gaza is a war crime, and also think that Hamas indiscriminately murdering civilians is a war crime. It's not even a paradox or a logic puzzle, it's a basic consistent moral position.
Deleted Twitter from my phone. We’ll see how this goes. Just cannot be in that app anymore.
October 13, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Deleted Twitter from my phone. We’ll see how this goes. Just cannot be in that app anymore.
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My expectations for a GOP-controlled House of Representatives were low but Holy Fuck
October 13, 2023 at 2:39 PM
My expectations for a GOP-controlled House of Representatives were low but Holy Fuck
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Everyone thinks they are too clever to be taken in by propaganda, yet no one is wearing a mask.
October 13, 2023 at 1:42 AM
Everyone thinks they are too clever to be taken in by propaganda, yet no one is wearing a mask.
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1300 workers vote to authorize a strike at PeaceHealth Southwest in Vancouver, St. John in Longview - The Columbian
1300 workers vote to authorize a strike at PeaceHealth Southwest in Vancouver, St. John in Longview - The Columbian
1300 workers vote to authorize a strike at PeaceHealth Southwest in Vancouver, St. John in Longview - The Columbian
www.columbian.com
October 10, 2023 at 12:37 AM
1300 workers vote to authorize a strike at PeaceHealth Southwest in Vancouver, St. John in Longview - The Columbian
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Bluesky is offering journalists and newsrooms direct access to this platform.
Spread the word. 🗞
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we've been reaching out to & been in contact with a bunch of newsrooms (including local news) but if you have personal contacts at news orgs, please have them email press@blueskyweb.xyz!
October 8, 2023 at 8:39 AM
Bluesky is offering journalists and newsrooms direct access to this platform.
Spread the word. 🗞
Spread the word. 🗞
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DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers expands its strikes against automakers to 38 locations in 20 states.
September 22, 2023 at 2:28 PM
DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers expands its strikes against automakers to 38 locations in 20 states.
Do I detect a sniff of PANIC?
September 22, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Do I detect a sniff of PANIC?
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My 7.5 year old is doing fine in her mask in elementary school, but my soon-to-be 13-year-old in junior high is being bullied for wearing a mask.
I can't bring myself to let him take his mask off.
Time to fry some onions.😭
I can't bring myself to let him take his mask off.
Time to fry some onions.😭
September 22, 2023 at 12:21 AM
My 7.5 year old is doing fine in her mask in elementary school, but my soon-to-be 13-year-old in junior high is being bullied for wearing a mask.
I can't bring myself to let him take his mask off.
Time to fry some onions.😭
I can't bring myself to let him take his mask off.
Time to fry some onions.😭
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This week I had a scan at the cancer hospital. Cancer hospital foundation employees were not wearing masks, most patients were. I’m left wondering… who is the cancer hospital foundation for? What is their stated purpose?
September 22, 2023 at 2:36 AM
This week I had a scan at the cancer hospital. Cancer hospital foundation employees were not wearing masks, most patients were. I’m left wondering… who is the cancer hospital foundation for? What is their stated purpose?
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Reporting live from the COVID booster field at the local Walgreens. It’s awful. Literally every person here is having trouble with their insurance because, where it worked easily during the state’s declared pandemic emergency, “it is no longer an emergency.”
September 21, 2023 at 8:52 PM
Reporting live from the COVID booster field at the local Walgreens. It’s awful. Literally every person here is having trouble with their insurance because, where it worked easily during the state’s declared pandemic emergency, “it is no longer an emergency.”
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If Daft Punk can wear a mask for 28 years surely you can wear one to buy tomatoes
August 6, 2023 at 4:00 PM
If Daft Punk can wear a mask for 28 years surely you can wear one to buy tomatoes
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It's incredible how reliably conspiracy theories end up reinforcing--rather than challenging--power.
COVID conspiracy theories, for example, fuel opposition to public health measures opposed by big business.
COVID conspiracy theories, for example, fuel opposition to public health measures opposed by big business.
September 19, 2023 at 4:36 PM
It's incredible how reliably conspiracy theories end up reinforcing--rather than challenging--power.
COVID conspiracy theories, for example, fuel opposition to public health measures opposed by big business.
COVID conspiracy theories, for example, fuel opposition to public health measures opposed by big business.
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Once again thinking about this dog from 1908, who kept pushing children into the river so he could get steaks for rescuing them.
September 20, 2023 at 11:16 PM
Once again thinking about this dog from 1908, who kept pushing children into the river so he could get steaks for rescuing them.
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If you have not been masking NOW IS THE TIME TO START, and get the monovalent jab as soon as it is offered to you. Things are going to quickly escalate from here.
September 20, 2023 at 10:52 PM
If you have not been masking NOW IS THE TIME TO START, and get the monovalent jab as soon as it is offered to you. Things are going to quickly escalate from here.
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I am incandescent with rage right now at the absolute failure of public health to manage this ongoing pandemic
September 20, 2023 at 1:09 PM
I am incandescent with rage right now at the absolute failure of public health to manage this ongoing pandemic
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The Biden White House has said you don’t need to wear a mask if you’re vaccinated, hidden breakthrough infections, dismissed high COVID spread, downplayed Long COVID and more. Sadly, they too have played a role in allowing the anti-vax movement to grow.
The anti-vaccine movement is on the rise. The White House is at a loss over what to do about it.
“They keep just hoping it’ll go away.”
www.politico.com
September 20, 2023 at 9:07 PM
The Biden White House has said you don’t need to wear a mask if you’re vaccinated, hidden breakthrough infections, dismissed high COVID spread, downplayed Long COVID and more. Sadly, they too have played a role in allowing the anti-vax movement to grow.
Great 🧵 and true. Rapid tests aren’t a panacea and now we can live our lives. Neither is paxlovid. We simply don’t have tools that work well enough to remove all mitigations.
Unless the goal is fake herd immunity built on constant reinfection of large %s of the population.
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Unless the goal is fake herd immunity built on constant reinfection of large %s of the population.
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I'm going to get scorched for this but I think we should probably stop saying rapid tests work and admit we need better tests (thread)
www.cnn.com/2023/09/18/h...
www.cnn.com/2023/09/18/h...
Home tests still work to detect Covid-19, but here’s why your test may not pick up an infection | ...
Some people are speculating that rapid tests have lost their ability to detect some of the newer coronavirus variants, but experts say it’s not the case.
www.cnn.com
September 20, 2023 at 9:05 PM
Great 🧵 and true. Rapid tests aren’t a panacea and now we can live our lives. Neither is paxlovid. We simply don’t have tools that work well enough to remove all mitigations.
Unless the goal is fake herd immunity built on constant reinfection of large %s of the population.
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Unless the goal is fake herd immunity built on constant reinfection of large %s of the population.
🤔
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So yes, *technically* the tests work. But as a tool for limiting covid spread they don't IMHO and that's what matters
September 20, 2023 at 7:32 PM
So yes, *technically* the tests work. But as a tool for limiting covid spread they don't IMHO and that's what matters
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Based on wastewater data
it appears current levels
are approaching
the pandemic’s first peak
from 2020
and the Delta peak
from 2021
but this does not mean
that we are back where we were
in 2020 or 2021
for back then
most of us were still trying
not to spread the virus.
it appears current levels
are approaching
the pandemic’s first peak
from 2020
and the Delta peak
from 2021
but this does not mean
that we are back where we were
in 2020 or 2021
for back then
most of us were still trying
not to spread the virus.
September 18, 2023 at 8:13 PM
Based on wastewater data
it appears current levels
are approaching
the pandemic’s first peak
from 2020
and the Delta peak
from 2021
but this does not mean
that we are back where we were
in 2020 or 2021
for back then
most of us were still trying
not to spread the virus.
it appears current levels
are approaching
the pandemic’s first peak
from 2020
and the Delta peak
from 2021
but this does not mean
that we are back where we were
in 2020 or 2021
for back then
most of us were still trying
not to spread the virus.
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A new round of free Covid rapid tests in the U.S. covidtests.gov you can order on Sept. 25
September 20, 2023 at 8:43 PM
A new round of free Covid rapid tests in the U.S. covidtests.gov you can order on Sept. 25